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Amman – As part of a memorandum of understanding between Jordan and the United Arab Emirates regarding the import of Jordanian fruits and vegetables, product producers have complained about the "tightening" process going on the limit ".
This comes at a time when the Ministry of Agriculture is applying "strict instructions and takes a set of measures to ensure the safety of Jordan's agricultural product, whether it is supplier of the domestic or external market (export)" .
"The UAE has imposed strict conditions on the import of these materials from Jordan, adding that Jordanian fruits and vegetables are exported to more than one country without any objection or objection from these countries. country, "said Al Ghad sources of fruit and vegetables.
"The agricultural products exported come either from the central market of vegetables and fruits, or from farmers, identical products sold to the citizen," they said.
"If the first violation of pesticide residues is registered, a warning will be given to the wrongful exporters as soon as the notification is received from the United Arab Emirates," says the Jordanian memorandum based in the United Arab Emirates.
He also stated that "in case of recurrence of the same product from the same source, the exporter is prevented within three months from exporting the counterfeit product for a period of six months by Jordan on the basis of the notification received from the United Arab Emirates and informs the United Arab Emirates of the measures taken ".
It also states that "in the case of repeated shipments of several crops by the same source, the offending exporter can no longer supply all products to the UAE market for a period of six months from the Jordan, on the basis of a notification from the latter ".
The memo stated that all exporters should be informed of the start of the implementation of these procedures as of November 1, the day before yesterday.
"The agricultural products sold to citizens in the central market are the same as those exported to more than one country, including the UAE," said Suleiman Al-Hayari, president of the Union of Exporters' Trade Union. agricultural products. "More than a month ago, Among the concerns of exporters under the pretext of the presence of agricultural pesticide residues beyond the authorized limit, it should be noted that some of the damage is at the expense of the source ( merchant).
On the other hand, a member of the union of vegetable and fuq exporters Ziad Chalafawi said that "the exporters have nothing to do with the subject of agricultural pesticides and their impact on vegetables and fruits", explaining that "the control of the use of agricultural pesticides and their registration are the exclusive domain of the Ministry of Agriculture".
The Ministry of Agriculture announced about three months ago the resumption of the import of certain Jordanian fruits and vegetables, Approved by the United Arab Emirates ".
Moreover, the Ministry of Agriculture said that it "has issued strict and firm instructions to ensure the safety and transparency of the implementation of these procedures for the safety of agricultural products, that They are supplied in local or export markets ".
"A sampling mechanism has been put in place, from farms, export shops or central market, to ensure that the sample is related to shipments, as well as to the review of pesticides, "she said. Registered and deregistered some pesticides with varying safety intervals from one crop to the other. "
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